Author Topic: Perfect showcase Terry: "I did it on my own!" (Read 20063 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #30 on:** December 20, 2008, 09:59:42 PM »

I propose a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season and see if he can do it again.

You still have to win the Showdown to get in the Showcase, so that took some skill.

rwalker · « **Reply #31 on:** December 20, 2008, 10:18:02 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'204349\' date=\'Dec 20 2008, 09:59 PM\']
I propose a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season and see if he can do it again.

You still have to win the Showdown to get in the Showcase, so that took some skill.
[/quote]

Don't give them any bright ideas, they are gonna try the "Couples" for the Valentine's Day show

/2-14 is on a Saturday
//Perhaps it'll be a primetime special.
///Maybe for a million?

Jay Temple · « **Reply #32 on:** December 21, 2008, 09:44:24 AM »

[quote name=\'inturnaround\' post=\'204324\' date=\'Dec 20 2008, 04:54 PM\']
[quote name=\'AZAndrewG\' post=\'204321\' date=\'Dec 20 2008, 05:17 PM\']
Of course, I hope I'm dead wrong, but unfortuately, that's what I think is going to go down.
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Yes, you're dead wrong. The Justice Department has a few things that are more important than TPiR.[/quote]
I would have thought they had "a few things that are more important than" 21.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2008, 10:17:07 AM »

Re: JDept. There was no wrongdoing on the part of the show, so who would the action be against?

Don Howard · « **Reply #34 on:** December 21, 2008, 11:27:03 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'204371\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 10:17 AM\']
Re: JDept. There was no wrongdoing on the part of the show, so who would the action be against?
[/quote]
Bob Barker......for old times' sake.

Robair · « **Reply #35 on:** December 21, 2008, 11:39:19 AM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'204247\' date=\'Dec 19 2008, 05:58 PM\']
(TWO SHOT OF DREW AND SHARON ON CAMERA 1 -- TERRY IS FRAMED OUT) If it would have been an 18-foot trailer she might have bid on it.[/quote]
Oh, very clearly on the broadcast side of things they did everything possible to remove Ted Slauson from the broadcast. I would venture a guess that anything that did not involve an audience -- perhaps including the above exchange -- was reshot, mainly to avoid the camera fixating on Ted. And they hadda make sure that Terry was well out of the studio for that to happen. Especially when Terry won his one bid and they showed Drew flicking the price tag away, so the TV viewers would not see the contact between Terry and Ted.

But it begs the question: why was nothing in the online presentation of the show altered? Seems very strange to me that they wouldn't after taking such pains to disassociate Ted with any success anyone had on the episode.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #36 on:** December 21, 2008, 12:00:41 PM »

Ahh....so they cut off their Slauson.

MikeK · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2008, 12:05:52 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'204375\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 12:00 PM\']
Ahh....so they cut off their Slauson.
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Wants to give you a gold star.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2008, 12:30:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Robair\' post=\'204374\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 11:39 AM\']But it begs the question: why was nothing in the online presentation of the show altered? Seems very strange to me that they wouldn't after taking such pains to disassociate Ted with any success anyone had on the episode.[/quote]
The thing is, I think some of the edits did make it into the online version. That's the only one I watched, and I definitely saw something weird several times while they were panning across Contestant's Row to get bids. My guess would be that they made another pass right before airing to include more edits, and someone just forgot to tell the uploaders about it.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:19:01 PM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'204373\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 11:27 AM\']
Bob Barker......for old times' sake.
[/quote]
When in doubt, sue Bob Barker. Don't expect to always win, though.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #40 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:34:56 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'204337\' date=\'Dec 20 2008, 07:14 PM\']
I didn't find exact odds on lightning, but the worst odds (you getting hit) I saw were 1 in 280,000. Assuming you're not an idiot, you would assume the Showcase is less than $100,000. Ergo, a 1 in 100,000 chance of nailing the Showcase exactly (and the odds are really better than that). Better odds to nail a showcase than get nailed by lightning.[/quote]
Well, I did find official NOAA odds.

Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (reported deaths + injuries): 1/700,000
Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries): 1/400,000
Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years): 1/5000

Take that as you will.

/The facts never lie.

clemon79 · « **Reply #41 on:** December 21, 2008, 01:55:12 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'204379\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 10:34 AM\']
Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (reported deaths + injuries): 1/700,000
Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries): 1/400,000
Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years): 1/5000[/quote]
Seems there would be a more scientific way to estimate this: I'd have to think it would be possible to determine the total surface area that would be affected by a lightning strike (for example, if you're standing two feet away from a lightning strike, you're probably going to be affected by it. Twenty feet, maybe not.) and then divide the total surface area of the Earth suceptible to lightning strikes into that number. I would *think* that would give you the approximate odds of being hit by any given lightning strike.

(We're snowed in. These are the things I think about.)

chris319 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2008, 02:14:21 PM »

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I feel pretty strongly that TPIR and CBS have already thoroughly hashed out whether this could land them in any trouble . . . and if their lawyers had so much as blinked, we wouldn't be discussing this now because the show wouldn't have aired.

Had the show not aired, CBS would be under no obligation to award any prizes to any contestant and there would be no possibility of quiz-rigging charges.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #43 on:** December 21, 2008, 02:20:34 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'204382\' date=\'Dec 21 2008, 02:14 PM\']Had the show not aired, CBS would be under no obligation to award any prizes to any contestant and there would be no possibility of quiz-rigging charges.[/quote]Yeah, but I can just see either Terry or Ted going to the press about that and raising a huge stink.

chris319 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 22, 2008, 07:15:15 AM »

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I can just see either Terry or Ted going to the press about that and raising a huge stink.

That could easily backfire on them:

"Two guys colluded on TPIR and CBS has decided not to air the episode in question due to legal concerns. Contestant Terry complains that CBS has refused to award him his ill-gotten gains. A CBS spokesperson has stated that the contestant release Terry signed says CBS is under no obligation to award prizes to any contestant if their episode does not air."

So much for raising a big stink.